{
  "_meta": {
    "purpose": "Seed coach profiles. Loaded into coach_profiles on first cold-start. Update when a coaching change happens, at season start, and at the trade deadline.",
    "fields": "coach_name, team, sport, career_avg_pace, current_team_pace, tenure_games, primary_player, system_style, without_primary_style, without_primary_pace_delta",
    "kev_action": "Populate with researched values per coach. The structure below has the canonical starters as placeholders so the cold-path doesn't crash on empty tables."
  },
  "coaches": [
    {
      "coach_name": "Tom Thibodeau",
      "team": "NYK",
      "sport": "nba",
      "career_avg_pace": 96.5,
      "current_team_pace": 98.1,
      "tenure_games": 320,
      "primary_player": "Jalen Brunson",
      "system_style": "half_court_iso",
      "without_primary_style": "motion",
      "without_primary_pace_delta": 1.5
    },
    {
      "coach_name": "Joe Mazzulla",
      "team": "BOS",
      "sport": "nba",
      "career_avg_pace": 99.5,
      "current_team_pace": 100.1,
      "tenure_games": 180,
      "primary_player": "Jayson Tatum",
      "system_style": "motion",
      "without_primary_style": "transition",
      "without_primary_pace_delta": 2.0
    },
    {
      "coach_name": "Erik Spoelstra",
      "team": "MIA",
      "sport": "nba",
      "career_avg_pace": 95.8,
      "current_team_pace": 96.0,
      "tenure_games": 1200,
      "primary_player": "Jimmy Butler",
      "system_style": "half_court_iso",
      "without_primary_style": "motion",
      "without_primary_pace_delta": 1.2
    },
    {
      "coach_name": "Sandy Brondello",
      "team": "NYL",
      "sport": "wnba",
      "career_avg_pace": 80.5,
      "current_team_pace": 81.2,
      "tenure_games": 110,
      "primary_player": "Breanna Stewart",
      "system_style": "motion",
      "without_primary_style": "motion",
      "without_primary_pace_delta": 0.5
    }
  ]
}
